Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

symbolically

/ˌsɪmˈbɑːlɪklɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: sym-bol-i-cal-ly
IPA: /ˌsɪmˈbɑːlɪklɪ/

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a symbolic manner.

adv

By means of symbols or a symbol.

adv

As symbols or a symbol.

Example Sentences

"Haha, memes are funny! Until they totally become racist. Pepe the Frog lived a very normal meme life right up until online trolls turned him into a green thing of hate in 2016. It got so bad his creator symbolically killed him off in 2017."
"In the end, the deadlock was resolved by a minor -- but for the National Party symbolically important -- addition to one of the other subsections of the language clause."

Etymology

From symbolical + -ly or symbolic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: symbolical, symbolic

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌsɪmˈbɑːlɪklɪ/

Inflected Forms

more symbolically (comparative) most symbolically (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonsymbolically

Frequently Paired Words

symbol symbolic symbolical

Questions

How do you pronounce symbolically?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɪmˈbɑːlɪklɪ/.
What does symbolically mean?: In a symbolic manner.
Where does symbolically come from?: From symbolical + -ly or symbolic + -ally.

How to pronounce symbolically

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